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Thanks to our readers we’ve determined the identities of the cars at Essen in last week’s VeloceToday, as well as some thoughts and experiences regarding painted Webers. Still, we could use more information on that Fiat single seater!!.
8C2900 photographed at Essen by Vanhoolandt Hugues .
Alessandro Gerelli in London.
A good photographer (what I am not) always brings along a photo machine when walking around in a city, watching here and there for any kind of subjects.
This weekend I was in London for a pop music concert and I had with me my photo tools: I have brought back three images that may interest our readers.
The first is a picture of a Lancia Stratos Stradale: what a small beauty ! No Aston, Bentley or Porsche may compete!
The Essential Buyer’s Guide Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupe
By Keith Booker, Veloce Publishing, Dorset, England
ISBN 1-904788-69-6
$19.95 USD Click here to order
Book Review by Pete Vack
Of all the post war Alfa Romeo Giuliettas and Giulias, the Guilia GT coupe is widely recognized as the most well-proportioned and beautiful of them all.
There were three basic under two liter Alfas in the 1960s; the Satta sedan, heavenly but no beauty; the Duetto by Pininfarina, a landmark as it was, but the proportions were not perfect; and the Giulia GT Coupe. Finding fault with the styling of the coupe was almost impossible.
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Lancia Delta HF Integrale:The story of a champion
By Blaettel/Wagner
Hardbound, 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches , 208 pages,
Published by Veloce Publishing LTD, 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, England ISBN 978-1-845584-132-4
US $79.95 Order Here
Review by Pete Vack
From the early 1980s to the mid 1990s, Lancia, already owned by Fiat, virtually dominated the World Rally Championship with a small, unobtrusive looking tintop called the Delta.
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By Brandy Elitch
Dieppe is a small French port on the English Channel, more famous for its scallops than for its links to the automobile industry (although pre-WWI, the French Grand Prix was held there).
[Read more…] about Elitch on Alpines
A Franco-American Love Story
By Philippe Defechereux © 2008
This is the tale of a long love affair spanning two generations and reaching across the Atlantic Ocean. The object of love is a little French racer (photo below) made by Deutsch-Bonnet, a manufacturer of highly successful small-bore racing cars that reigned supreme in their class between 1952 and 1962 from Le Mans to Sebring, FL.
To read Part II, click here.
To read Part III, click here.
[Read more…] about Deutsch-Bonnet at Sebring Part I
Franco-American Love Story
By Philippe Defechereux © 2008
To read Part I, click here.
To read Part III, click here.
Our tale of the extraordinary love affair between a small French car maker, Deutsch-Bonnet, and an American father-son pair, tied to the birth and future success of the Sebring Twelve-Hours, continues in this issue.
Franco-American Love Story
By Philippe Defechereux © 2008
To read Part I, click here.
To read Part II, click here.
Our tale of the extraordinary love affair between a small French car maker, Deutsch-Bonnet, and an American father-son pair, tied to the birth and future success of the Sebring Twelve-Hours, concludes in this issue.
This year marked the 17th annual Ferrari event in Palm Beach hosted by John and Alicia Barnes. Entitled “A Convention of Ferrari Owners and Enthusiasts…†it delivered as promised with even more things to do this year than during any of the previous sixteen.
[Read more…] about Werner Pfister at Cavallino
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
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Alessandro Gerelli attended the Automotoretro of Torino and returned with these images of the 2008 event.
Needs light restoration but the chickens are free.
By Pete Vack
On one hand, there is nothing quite so French as the Alpine.
The Alpine A110
On the other, there is something about the Alpine that lures the Italian car enthusiast to the make, yet not quite sure of what to think of it. Perhaps a sort of a French Abarth; tiny, with a light, tight attractive body, a superb overall design hiding or at least diminishing the prominent proprietary power plant hanging well south of the rear axle, an affectation most notably best-conceived for the Simca Abarths or perhaps the 1000 Monomille.
[Read more…] about The Alpine A110
FERRARI IS BACK
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
Robert Kubica, Stefano Domenicali, Kimi Räikkönen and
Heikki Kovalainen.
March 23, 2008
I made the comment last weekend that McLaren doesn’t need to get their hopes up until they see how fast the competition is. This week Ferrari showed them that the silver arrows are not the fastest cars on the grid this year and it probably will be a long season for everyone. The Scuderia shook off their Australian season opener mess and was on track to have their front row starting grid turn into yet another 1-2 finish, but Massa still has not figured out how to get the most of the car without traction control. One has to imagine that there will be a lot of yelling in Italian and Portuguese this week in Maranello.